Green Lake band ‘Hotels’ is a semifinalist in Billboard’s Battle of the Bands contest

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New Wave / post-punk / surf band Hotels is one of three northwest semifinalists in Billboard.com’s Battle of the Bands contest, a nation-wide search for an unsigned band which will perform live at the Billboard Music Awards.

Two of the four members of Hotels live in the Green Lake neighborhood. Frontman Blake Madden is located in east Green Lake, and the band’s drummer lives just north of the lake.

“One of our northwest competitors, Grynch, calls himself the King of Ballard,” Blake tells us. “Well, we are royal residents of the Lake.”